by Ron Henzel | Dec 9, 2021 | Adultery, Culture Driven Church, Culture War, Gay Marriage, Homophobic, Homosexuality, Immorality
[Note: This article is Part 1 of a projected series.] Currently, a battle is being waged for the soul of my home denomination. In the theologically conservative Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), the question is being asked: What did Paul mean when he wrote, “such...
by Ron Henzel | Jun 14, 2021 | Pastoral Counseling, Postmodernism, Sexual Abuse, Southern Baptist Convention
A PDF version of this revised post may be found here. UPDATE #1: Shortly after this article was published, Jennifer Lyell graciously reached out to us and provided crucial details of her case both to me and to Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. President Don Veinot. We...
by Ron Henzel | May 13, 2021 | #metoo, Cancel Culture, Christian living, Culture and Society, Online Shaming, Social Media, Spiritual Abuse
No one with a modicum of cultural awareness could have missed the fact that in the past few years a rather intense media spotlight has been shined on all types of abuse—physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual, etc. And nothing has served to more clearly train this...
by Ron Henzel | Jan 7, 2021 | Gay Marriage, Gender identity, Gospel, Homosexuality, Identity Politics
C.S. Lewis said many famous things, but one of the most striking was his declaration, “You have never talked to a mere mortal.”1The Weight of Glory, (San Francisco, CA, USA: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001), 46. Lewis was reflecting on the biblical teaching that, after the...
by Ron Henzel | Oct 25, 2018 | Abortion, Donald Trump, Evangelical, Evangelicalism, Politics, Sociology, Uncategorized
It’s been a long time since the word “evangelical” meant anything specific in common currency. Back in 1971, long before it became a focus of pollsters like Gallup,1Cf. “5 Things to Know About Evangelicals in America,” by Frank Newport,...
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